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Business

Australia and New Zealand have announced a joint bid to host the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Events

Sports website Sportal.com has reached agreement with the Voice Commerce Group for live streaming of a World Cup warm-up match while offering fans free calls, voice and video messages online.
Events

ESPN, Inc. is to launch ESPN Classic, its first dedicated sports channel in the UK.
Business

Nimbus has agreed a deal with DD, the Indian state-owned terrestrial free TV network, for all matches in England's tour of India.
Business

UK commercial television network, ITV, has appointed TEAMtalk Media Group, the online sports network, to provide news, results and comment for its World Cup 2006 website.
Business

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says "the IOC is happy" following the Torino Winter Olympics.
Events

Sky Sports has won live and exclusive rights to broadcast England’s tour of India.
Events

Nimbus Sport has reached agreement with leading broadcast platforms in the USA, Canada, Carribean, UK and the Middle East for live television coverage of Indian cricket.
Events

When SportAccord 2006 kicks off at the Grand InterContinental Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on April 3, a number of cities, tourism boards and bidding organisations will be in attendance.
Business

Icon Display, the event branding specialist, has opened new offices in Germany and the Middle East.
Events

Sapporo has pulled out of the race to become Japan's bid city to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
Business

Roger Draper is to become CEO of the Lawn Tennis Association.
Events

UK public broadcaster the BBC has won exclusive radio rights to all international tour matches in India for four years, including next month's England series.
Business

Soft drinks brand Tropicana has been named title sponsor of the British Tennis Tour for the next three years, creating the Tropicana British Tour.
Business

Television production company Nimbus Communications has bagged the global media rights to Indian cricket for the next four years in a $612million deal.
Business

NASCAR has announced multiple management changes, effective straight away, which it says are intended to continue the sport’s strong growth and more efficiently manage business decisions and communications.
Business

Car manufacturer Ford has extended its UEFA Champions League sponsorship for the 2006/2009 period.
Events

The worldwide television audience for the World Rally Championship (WRC) has increased 44 per cent in the three years to 2005.